Earhart Ends English Visit Amid Social Whirl
Amelia Earhart closes her England tour amid a flurry of engagements. She tea-d with Commons leaders including Baldwin and Ramsay McDonald, attended a benefit at Albert Hall hosted by Sir Samuel Hoare, met the Duke and Duchess of York, and lunched at the Savoy with American correspondents.
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United Press
London
Amelia Earhart
England
Atlantic
Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsey McDonald
Duchess of Atholl
Sir Samuel
Lady Hoare
Albert Hall
John McCormick
Pilots Visit Paris and Amelia Earhart Welcome
Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon plan a Paris tour after piloting the Friendship across the Atlantic visiting Montmartre and the Latin Quarter. Boston will spend 20000 dollars to welcome Amelia Earhart and the Friendship crew on their return from London.
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United Press
Paris
Wilmer Stultz F
Lou Gordon
Atlantic
Fokker
Southampton
London
Montmartre
Latin Quarter
Boston
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Safety of Flying Shown
Atlantic City report notes commercial airplanes logged 360 009 miles per fatality in 1927. Maj. Clarence M. Young, director of aeronautics, says six lives were lost including six pilots as the year’s fatality count.
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Atlantic City
Clarence M. Young
Department of Commerce
American Railway Association
North Star monoplane rests in Canada for Rasche flight
Fraulein Thea Rasche prepares to attempt a trans Atlantic crossing in the North Star backed by Mrs. James A. Stillman. Ulrich Koenemann will co pilot as the craft rests at Camp Madeline Quebec after a weekend move from Hadley Field. An injunction from Hollis Corporation was overruled Monday.
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United Press
New York
North Star
Fraulein
Thea Rasche
Amelia Earhart
Canada
James A. Stillman
Camp Madeline
Quebec
Stillman
Ulrich Koenemann
Miss Rasche
Cuba Flight Delayed By Weather Over Gulf
Lieut. Roberto Fierro plans a Cuba flight but says departure likely delayed until Thursday or Friday due to bad weather over the Gulf of Mexico making an immediate take-off inadvisable.
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United Press
Mexico City
Roberto Fierro
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Farm Aviation Society Elects New President
Herbert Fisher of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce was elected president of the American Society for Promotion of Aviation branch formed Tuesday night. The club plans to buy an airplane hire an instructor and appoint officers including Ray Wagner Lafayette Osborne Thomas Brady Arthur Thorn Mrs Francis Brown and George Hughes. A membership committee chaired by Walter Stokes with Glenn Brown George Hughes Leonard Jenkins and Ernest Day was named.
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Herbert Fisher
Fianapolis
Comerce
al American Society For Promoion of Aviation
Ray Wagner
Lafayette Osborne
Thomas Brady
Arthur Thorn
Francis Brown
George Hughes
Walter Stokes
Glenn Brown
Leonard Jenkins
Ernest Day
Monument unveiled for Chamberlin and Levine in Germany
A monument to Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine was unveiled near their landing point after a transatlantic flight from New York in Cottbus Germany. Attendees Hermann Koehl Baron Gunther Von Huenfeld and Maj. James C. FitzMaurice arrived from Berlin aboard the Bremen.
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United Press
Cottbus
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
New York
Hermann Koehl
Baron Gunther von Huenfeld
Maj
James C. Fitzmaurice
Bremen
Berlin
City Hall Revives Talk on Municipal Airport
Mayor L Ert Slack reports citizens discussed a municipal airport and the city is willing to aid aviation development but lacks funds. He notes extra ground at Indianapolis airport may become a park issue and civic organizations are involved.
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L. Ert Slack
Slack
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Eyes Municipal Airport to Match Metro Growth
Weather report from The Times notes 9:30 A M conditions with west wind 16 mph, temp 8 C, visibility 1 mile and 400 ft ceiling. The article urges a municipal airport for Indianapolis to keep pace with larger cities, citing existing air fields at Indianapolis airport and Hoosier field plus Ft. Benjamin Harrison Schoenfield and Speedway landing options. It mentions Ft Wayne bond votes to improve airports and Evansville hiring an engineer for a $150,000 municipal field.
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J. H. Armington
Donald McConnell
Indianapolis
National Guard
Hoosier
Schoenfield
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ft. Wayne
Evansville
New Motor Tested By Times Special
Tests of a new airplane motor designed and built by the Superior Machine Tool Company of Kokomo reportedly showed merit amid unofficial reports. Three motors have been shipped to flying fields but no official results have been announced. Al Henley of Fort Worth and two passengers were en route to Detroit for the Air Olympics before joining the fourth national reliability air tour in Indianapolis.
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Kokomo
Ind
Superior Machine Tool Company
al Henley
Ft. Worth
Texas
Indianapolis
Henley
George B. Freder
B. N. Johns
Detroit
Test New Sesqui Plane Sets Course for Rome
Cesare Sabelli former Italian war ace and three companions begin a full load test of the Bellanca sesquiplane Roma in New York. They plan a direct New York Rome flight along the forty first parallel, 4460 miles with 3200 over sea. The craft carries about 14000 pounds gross weight including 1106 gallons of gasoline and reserve fuel in jettisonable cans.
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United Press
New York
Cesare Sabelli
Roma
Rome
Atlantic
City Welcomes Fliers On Aviation Day Rally
Homer McKee, president of Homer McKee Company, will greet more than 100 fliers at a luncheon in a Prest-O-Lite restaurant. Mayor Slack has proclaimed Aviation Day urging citizens to attend the Speedway to welcome 26 or more teams in a 6000 mile tour across 15 states. The 113th Observation Squadron Indiana National Guard backs the visit with plane guarding and ground help.
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Homer McKee
Homer McKee Company, Inc
McKee
Marmon Company
H. H. Brooks
Marmon
Brooks
L. Ert Slack
113Th Observation Squadron
Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis
Detroit
Selfridge Field
Man Kills Step Daughter Then Kills Self in Gary
In Gary Indiana on June 26 53 year old Mike Lorcinz shot and killed his step daughter Anna after being denied entry to the home where his estranged wife lay ill and then killed himself.
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Times
Gary
Ind
Mike Lorcinz
Anna
Sigma Pi fraternity to build $50,000 stone house in Bloomington
A site is cleared for a new two story Elizabethan style Sigma Pi fraternity house in Bloomington. The $50,000 building will be stone and located on a cleared site.
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Bloomington
Ind
Sigma Pi Fraternity
Best Daylight Features On WKBF Indianapolis Schedule
Radio listing from Indianapolis stations shows WKBF and WFBM daytime programming with time blocks for recipe exchanges historic bits and shopping service. Evening sports promotion highlights a Cleveland Indians game against Toledo at Washington Park and stock market quotes from New York.
Radio listings and music programs from Indianapolis Times page
Schedule of broadcasts from Indianapolis stations and networks with times for piano, beauty, sports, and variety programs. Includes references to Boncilla Laboratories, Hair A Gain Studios, Fort Harrison Punch Bowl, Terpsichorean Time at Indiana Ballroom, and NBC Blue Network listings.
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Indianapolis Times
Baldwin Piano Company Proram
Classic Records
Boncilla Laboratories
Radio Farm School
U. S. Department of Culture
Hair-A-Gain” Studios
Captain Franklin
Indianapolis Safety Council
WFBM
Indiana University
Ice Cream Company
Marott Hotel
Kruse-Connell Company
Arthur J. Bernault
Wfbm Gypsies
Capt. Clark
Ft. Harrison
Indiana Ballroom
French flyers target westward Atlantic crossing in July
Paris dispatch notes Maurice Brouhin and Joseph Lebrix prepping a commercial westward flight before July 4 from Lebourget field. Lebrix downplays sport value, while Dieudonne Costes and Polish aviators Izikowski and Kuralin face delays or plan plan revisions. A hydroplane may shift to an Africa long distance record attempt.
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United Press
Paris
Atlantic
Maurice Brouhin
Joseph Lebrix
Lebrix
Lyons
Lebourget Field
Dieudonne Costes
Izikowski
Kuralin
Africa
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